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A cleaner environment. A stronger workforce. Mission Statement RecycleForce creates a stronger civil society and increases public safety through job creation and recycling. Geographic Service Area Indianapolis and central Indiana [...]

The Hazardous Waste Consultant (HWC) annually publishes a directory of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities in the United States. This 2013 directory lists each known facility and [...]

The economic benefits of conducting maintenance on recycling equipment such as roll offs and hoist trucks are discussed. Maintenance enables operators to avoid downtime and damaged equipment. Inspection of lights, bolds, pins and brackets is also recommended.

The importance of conducting preventive maintenance on baling equipment in the United States recycling industry is discussed. Keeping balers clean ensures that dust do not impede visual inspections of parts and detection of oil leaks. Maintenance tasks also include checking oil level and leak detection.

Automotive parts recyclers have been using a variety of methods to handle automotive fluids. Dismantlers have been draining automotive fluids for health and safety reasons. Users of petroleum-based recycled fluids include used oil transporters, used oil re-refiners and used oil burners.

Members of the United States recycling industry could benefit from conducting preventive maintenance on paper shredding equipment. Preventive maintenance is a planned, proactive approach to ensure equipment efficiency. It also generally includes inspection, lubrication and cleaning at a minimum.

Properly calibrated truck scales ensure that recyclers get fair payment for materials they receive. Recyclers need to conduct preventive maintenance and periodic re-calibration of their scales to ensure their proper operation.

The Recycling Industry Operating Standard management system can help United States recyclers save time and money. The system entails a certification of quality, environment and health safety standards. The certification can also help protect a firm from potential environmental, health and safety effects.

The growth and success of Kramer Metals Inc. are largely attributed to the strong leadership demonstrated by Doug Kramer and his father Stanley Kramer. Doug has held management positions at the company for over two decades and many leadership posts at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. Stanley, meanwhile, has around six decades of experience in the scrap recycling industry.

Information about the recycling industry's rebuilding process in 2009 is provided. It is believed that the decline in domestic and export markets has exposed the extent of the drop in ferrous scrap generation and processing activity during the year. The possibility of new competition for plastics recyclers is also discussed.

It is believed that recyclers can attract new customers and remain competitive by adding or refining the efficiency of a container service. Becoming familiar with efficient maintenance practices associated with an industrial container service can help recyclers maximize revenue from their existing operations.

Scrap recycling software has helped the recycling industry in a variety of ways. Software developers were able to help recyclers eliminate time and expense and simplify their business practices. Scrap recycling software has also helped recyclers comply with anti-theft regulations.

It was reported that Mercer Group International is reconsidering its equipment fleet as part of its move from demolition contractor to scrap processor. The company, which initially used excavators and material handlers, has decided to purchase machines which were built for harsh scrap and recycling environments.

Information about Mervis Industries' operations is presented. The recycling company, which is based in Danville, Illinois, operates from nearly 20 locations offering scrap processing, electronics recycling, and plastics recycling. The company is always willing to consider any new market which is considered to be customer-driven.

Recyclers fail to be diligent about maintaining balers because of its added cost and the struggle to find qualified personnel to do the job. However, the downtime caused by baler failure can cost significantly. Large recycling plants may want to consider getting an in-house maintenance staff but it may also be economical to bring in outside people for this task.

Key information, as well as views on Hawk Steel Industries Inc., are presented. Texas-based Hawk Steel, who buys scrap metal from as far as Louisiana, focuses on opportunities and productivity to remain successful. Increased reliability and productivity, as well as product differentiation, are expected to help the company sustain its success.

Andover, Massachusetts-based M and K Investment Recovery is an electronics recycling company which offers various services that suit its wide range of client base. Among its services are assaying and full recovery of precious metals such as platinum, silver, and gold. M and K's strategies for growth are also discussed.

The consolidation of bottle plants has meant that recyclers are diversifying their end markets and customers. Glass quality associated with single-stream recycling is costing recyclers more time and money to sort the materials.

The recycling out-reach program launched by the not-for-profit Council for Environment, New York City to help New Yorkers to participate in recycling products is reviewed.

Without the forest resources of states such as Wisconsin, Georgia or Washington, the state of Nebraska has never been a paper industry giant. During the 1980s and 1990s, however, recycling [...]

Tear-off asphalt shingles do not have a reputation as an easily recyclable material. Requirements to conduct asbestos-testing procedures can provide one of several reasons why the recyclability of this material [...]

Recyclers need scrap handlers. Among the questions they first face, however, is whether to own, lease or rent a machine. Scrap recyclers seem to prefer owning, but other options are [...]

Whether the application is at an automobile shredder yard, a material recovery facility (MRF), a C&D recycler or a slag recovery operation, magnets are capable of performing somewhere within these [...]

The moving franchise with the unlikely, name 'Two Men and Truck makes a direct point: start-up business can be built around buying one truck and keeping it busy. Many document [...]

Growing up with a father who was in the heavy equipment business, Craig, Kevin and Gary Blase were able to learn first-hand about the industrial sector of the economy and [...]

Electronic scrap encompasses a wide range of products that are composed of a number of different materials. For some electronics recyclers, electronic scrap starts and ends with computers and computer [...]

Since Recycling Today last published its list of largest material recovery facilities (MRFs) in 2004, none of the trends that have led to larger MRFs have faded. To the contrary, [...]

Shredding can offer a cost-effective processing solution for end-of-life electronics. However, the process doesn't always ensure that electronics recyclers will yield high-quality secondary materials of optimal value. While demanufacturing can [...]

Since it was established in 1980, Far West Fibers Inc. (FWF) has grown and adapted to the changing recycling scene it is part of in and around Portland, Ore., and [...]

In the early years of recycling in Canada, industry groups and private contractors were responsible for reclaiming recyclable products and operating blue box programs. In the mid-1990s, though, provincial governments, [...]

Competitive pressures on small and medium-sized scrap recyclers are probably as relentless as they are in any other business sector. Mark Leder and Isaac Einisman have confronted those pressures for [...]